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Canadian researchers have developed a large-scale economical method to extract hydrogen from oilsands (natural bitumen) and oil fields. The process can extract hydrogen from existing oilsands reservoirs, with huge existing supplies found in Canada and Venezuela.
Proposed oilsands monitoring by 2015. The Government of Canada and Government of Alberta unveiled “The Joint Canada-Alberta Implementation Plan for OilSands Monitoring” in a partnership to improve environmental monitoring in the oilsands region with a program that will sample more sites for more substances more frequently.
Twelve of Canada’soilsands producers have formed a new alliance, Canada’sOilSands Innovation Alliance (COSIA), focused on accelerating the pace of improving environmental performance in Canada’soilsands through collaborative action and innovation.
The Royal Society of Canada (RSC)—the country’s national academy of the arts, humanities and sciences—has released an expert panel report on the environmental and health impacts of the Canadian oilsandsindustry. Impacts of contaminants on downstream residents. Impacts on the regional water supply.
Tony Clement, Canada’s Minister of Industry, has approved the acquisition by PetroChina of the MacKay and Dover OilSands projects from Athabasca OilSands Corporation (AOSC) “ because I am satisfied that the investment is likely to be of net benefit to Canada. ”. Earlier post.). Earlier post.).
The Government of Canada and the Government of Alberta have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) that will lead to the development of new and improved oilsands technologies with reduced energy use and greenhouse gas emissions. —Canada Environment Minister Joe Oliver. —Alberta Premier Alison Redford.
million barrels per day of crude oil and liquids. The Enbridge Mainline system is the largest conduit of oil into the United States. Enbridge transports 53% of US-bound Canadian production, a figure that accounts for approximately 15% of total US crude oil imports. km) south of the US-Canada border for delivery to Superior.
Well-to-wheel (WTW) greenhouse gas emissions for in situ SAGD and surface mining pathways generated employing GHOST/TIAX/ GHGenius combination and comparison with SAGD, mining and conventional crude oil literature pathways (all results are on a HHV basis). 74% of WTW emissions in our oilsands pathways. Click to enlarge.
Summary of the current oilsands developments (mining and in-situ) and associated land use. Canada’s Environment Minister Peter Kent released an integrated monitoring plan for the oilsands region. fail in its goal of generating the data necessary to provide assurance that the oilsands are.
Shell Canada and Caterpillar have signed an agreement to test a new dual fuel engine and fuel mix using liquefied natural gas (LNG) that could reduce operating costs and lead to reduced emissions from oilsands mining in northern Alberta.
Christian Paradis, Canada’s Minister of Industry, announced on Friday that the federal government is allowing two major acquisitions of oilsands companies by foreign state-owned enterprises (SOEs): the $15.1-billion Both transactions represented a “net benefit” to Canada, Paradis said.
The Government of Canada is supporting a three-year project that will result in the construction of a $19-million, demonstration-scale facility in Alberta that will use algae to recycle industrial carbon dioxide emissions from an oilsands facility into commercial products such as biofuels. Click to enlarge.
Sustainable Development Technology Canada (SDTC) has awarded C$6 million (US$5.6 million) to the Petroleum Technology Research Centre ( PTRC ) in Regina, Saskatchewan and StatoilHydro Canada for a project to reduce water use and carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) emissions for in situ oilsands recovery by steam-assisted gravity drainage (SAGD).
Enbridge is developing two pipelines in the Canadian oilsands area for a combined investment of about $3 billion. The first is a new industry diluent pipeline with associated capital of up to $1.4 billion, depending on scope, to meet the needs of multiple producers in the Athabasca oilsands region. Enbridge Inc.
A comprehensive environmental field study to gather information on air contaminants in the Wood Buffalo region in northeast Alberta, Canada (home to major oilsands projects) will occur from 12 August to mid-September 2013. Earlier post.).
The US Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has published the Notice of Availability (NOA) of the Draft Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (PEIS) and Possible Land Use Amendments for Allocation of Oil Shale and Tar Sands Resources on Lands Administered by the BLM in Colorado, Utah and Wyoming.
With the Canadian energy industry seeking diversification from the US and potential greenhouse gsa regulations, the Globe and Mail reports that commercial backing is growing for Enbridge Inc.’s Northern Gateway’s West line, 36 inches in diameter, will transport an average of 525,000 barrels of oilsands crude per day.
The Alberta Biodiversity Monitoring Institute (ABMI) released the first comprehensive report on the status of Alberta’s species in the Athabasca OilSands Area (AOSA). Situated within the Boreal Forest Natural Region, the AOSA has a robust forest industry. —“The Status of Biodiversity in the Athabasca OilSands Area”.
Both scientific research and industrial experience have found that bitumen-derived crude oil (i.e., crude from the oilsands) is no more corrosive in transmission pipelines than other crudes, according to Natural Resources Canada (NRC). In the absence of water, the crude oil is noncorrosive.
Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar last week announced the Department of the Interior’s final plan for encouraging research, development and demonstration (RD&D) of oil shale and oilsands resources on Bureau of Land Management (BLM) lands in Colorado, Utah and Wyoming. Earlier post.).
Japan-based TOYO Engineering Corporation, through its Canadian subsidiary TOYO Engineering Canada Ltd., TOYO has performed major projects in the global oil and gas industry for more than 50 years and, with the EPC scope of work for the JACOS Hangingstone Project, TOYO will be advancing its business in the Canadian oil and gas sector.
Canada-based CO 2 Solutions Inc., an innovator in the field of enzyme-enabled carbon capture technology, announced that it has exceeded the second set of technical performance milestones for its oilsands project. Carbonic anhydrase is the most powerful catalyst known for the hydration of CO 2 —i.e.,
New research from a team at the University of Alberta, Canada, finds that Alberta’s oilsands industry is releasing more pollutants into the Athabasca River, its tributaries and its watershed than previously estimated. This increase confirms the serious defects of RAMP, which has not detected such patterns in the AR watershed.
has secured what it calls a critical patent for its innovative technology which recovers hydrocarbon diluents (solvents) from oilsands tailings. Heavy minerals exist in Alberta’s oilsands in minor quantities. Titanium Corporation Inc. Earlier post.).
The carbon intensity (CI) of Alberta oilsands production has significantly decreased over the last 40 years, according to a new study by a team from Stanford University published as an open access paper in the journal Environmental Research Letters. Trends in well-to-wheel pathway-specific CI. Click to enlarge.
A new advisory committee will review and will make recommendations to the Alberta, Canada government on the current and future transportation needs of the Athabasca oilsands region.
However, the new forecast represents a slowing of future oilsands production growth compared to the predictions of last year’s forecast. According to CAPP’s 2014 Crude Oil Forecast, Markets and Transportation , total Canadian crude oil production will increase to 6.4 CAPP forecast. Click to enlarge. In 2013, 1.9
The report provides nine different Tailings Technology Deployment (TDD) Roadmaps to accelerate the implementation of oilsands tailings solutions in Alberta. After oilsands ore is excavated from the ground (surface mining operations, not in situ production), warm water is added to wash the bitumen off the. sand and clay.
A study by researchers in Canada and the US shows that oilsands development is a greater source of polycyclic aromatic compound (PAC) contamination to the Athabasca River and its tributaries than previously realized. Bitumen production in the Alberta oilsands has increased rapidly, rising from 482,000 to 1.3
The government of Canada is awarding approximately C$5 million (US$4.7 are being provided by both monetary and in-kind contributions through industrial and organizational partners. In the project, NRC is collaborating with a number of industrial partners, including Ocean Nutrition Canada in Halifax; Menova Energy Inc.
has been awarded the final of the three core Canadian patents on its oilsands tailings technology. Titanium’s pilot achieved recoveries of 82% of residual bitumen from the oilsands tailings stream and 98% of the solvents. The Canadian Government Sustainable Development Technology Canada SD Tech Fund contributed $1.4
The government of Alberta (Canada) will build what it calls the most comprehensive environmental monitoring program in Canada with the establishment of a new arm’s-length environmental monitoring agency.
About 50% of Albertans are disappointed with the way their provincial and federal governments have dealt with recent criticism of the oilsands, a new Angus Reid Public Opinion poll has found. Two-in-five Albertans (41%) think global warming is a fact and is mostly caused by emissions from vehicles and industrial facilities.
A team from the University of Plymouth (UK) and Environment Canada has identified, for the first time, individual soluble naphthenic acids (NA) in the process water resulting from the oilsandsindustry in Canada. A paper on their work is published in the ACS journal Environmental Science &a,p; Technology.
By the middle of this decade greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from Canadian oilsands production should be in decline even as production continues to grow, according to a new comprehensive report by S&P Global Commodity Insights that takes into account current technology trends and production growth. —Kevin Birn.
Source: Shell Canada. Shell Canada has started its commercial-scale Atmospheric Fines Drying field demonstration for managing tailings from its oilsands operations. Tailings are a mixture of fine clay, sands, water and residual bitumen produced through extraction processes used with surface mining production (i.e.,
Absolute greenhouse gas emissions from Canadian oilsands production were flat in 2022 even as total production grew, according to an initial analysis by S&P Global Commodity Insights. The Canadian oilsands have demonstrated a consistent trend of reductions in GHG intensity for the past decade.
The Alberta Energy Resources Conservation Board (ERCB) has approved an application by Total E&P Canada Ltd. to construct and operate a 300,000 barrel-per-day oilsands upgrader in the Alberta Industrial Heartland area of Strathcona County. In a 62-page decision report, the ERCB places seven conditions on the company.
A new study released by Global Forest Watch Canada finds that significant amounts of greenhouse gases are emitted through the disturbance and/or removal of biocarbon (trees, shrubs, peats), which overlay Alberta’s oilsands. Peter Lee, lead author of the report and Executive Director of Global Forest Watch Canada.
Marcel Coutu, chief executive officer of Canadian OilSands Trust and Chairman of the Board of Syncrude Canada, is calling for allowing Alberta’s oilsands producers to significantly increase their greenhouse gas emissions, even if that means forcing other sectors to take on additional expensive obligations to meet Canada’s climate change targets.
has received new contracts in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2011 from seven clients in the Alberta OilSands to support steam assisted gravity drainage (SAGD) and bitumen upgrading expansion projects. Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. Officials estimate the combined total construction value of the awarded projects at more than $1.4
A consortium led by Canada-based Western Hydrogen Ltd. million investment from Sustainable Development Technology Canada to support the development and commercialization of a new hydrogen manufacturing technology called Molten Salt Catalyzed Gasification (MSG), originally developed at the US Idaho National Laboratory (INL).
US-based Devon Energy Corporation has received regulatory approval from the Alberta Energy Resources Conservation Board and Alberta Environment and Water to move forward with the company’s third oilsands project in Canada. Like Jackfish 1 & 2, Jackfish 3 represents an estimated 300 million barrels of gross recoverable oil.
Growth of production of Canadian oilsands. The Canadian oilsands are now poised to become the number one source of US crude oil imports in 2010, according to new research from the IHS CERA Canadian OilSands Dialogue. The Role of Canadian OilSands in US Oil Supply”.
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